Gazzonis, Alessia Libera http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4293-0719
Villa, Luca
Riehn, Katharina
Hamedy, Ahmad
Minazzi, Stefano
Olivieri, Emanuela
Zanzani, Sergio Aurelio
Manfredi, Maria Teresa
Article History
Received: 28 February 2018
Accepted: 1 May 2018
First Online: 11 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: All animals enrolled in the present study were legally shot by authorized hunters within the control plan for wild boar populations carried out by Val Grande National Park. The plan was approved by the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) and by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea (MATTM) and authorized by Piedmont Region (decree no 40-1967, 31/07/2015).
: Therefore, the collection and analysis of samples (diaphragm muscle tissue) did not require the approval of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Università degli Studi di Milano.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.